{"id":111,"date":"2025-12-10T13:36:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/?p=111"},"modified":"2025-12-10T13:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:36:24","slug":"launch-of-the-greenwich-health-management-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/2025\/12\/10\/launch-of-the-greenwich-health-management-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of the Greenwich Health Management Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Society-leaders-with-mentor-and-program-lead-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112\" style=\"width:532px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Society-leaders-with-mentor-and-program-lead-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Society-leaders-with-mentor-and-program-lead-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Society-leaders-with-mentor-and-program-lead-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Society-leaders-with-mentor-and-program-lead-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Society-leaders-with-mentor-and-program-lead-rotated.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Students on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gre.ac.uk\/postgraduate-courses\/eduhea\/global-health-management-msc\">Global Health Management<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gre.ac.uk\/postgraduate-courses\/eduhea\/msc-global-public-health\">Global Public Health<\/a>&nbsp;programmes have launched a new Health Management Society with the support of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gre.ac.uk\/people\/rep\/faculty-of-education-and-health\/amal-elamin\">Dr Amal Elamin<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gre.ac.uk\/people\/rep\/faculty-of-education-and-health\/itohan-osayande\">Dr&nbsp;Itohan&nbsp;Osayande<\/a>. The student-led event was attended by over 60 public health students and faculty members, with an impressive 140 members registered with the society already.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The society will provide a space for students to connect socially, apply theoretical concepts from the classroom, build relevant skills such as communication and project management, and create opportunities for real-world learning and leadership. The society also publishes a dedicated blog offering a platform for emerging voices in global health, and invites contributions from all members&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/healthmanagementsocietyuog.substack.com\/\">Health Management Society Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Nelly-Asiko-Society-President-and-Chevening-Scholar-1-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114\" style=\"width:297px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Nelly-Asiko-Society-President-and-Chevening-Scholar-1-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Nelly-Asiko-Society-President-and-Chevening-Scholar-1-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Nelly-Asiko-Society-President-and-Chevening-Scholar-1-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Nelly-Asiko-Society-President-and-Chevening-Scholar-1-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/hms\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Nelly-Asiko-Society-President-and-Chevening-Scholar-1.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nelly Asiko, the society\u2019s president, noted that the launch is \u201c<em>just the start of a vision<\/em>\u201d, with the society\u2019s formation arising from student leadership, creativity and collaboration, along with support from Dr Elamin as the programme leader on the MSc in Global Health&nbsp;Management, and Dr Osayande as the society mentor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event also included the screening of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uogcloud.sharepoint.com\/:v:\/r\/sites\/SchoolofHumanSciences-FE-FOR\/Shared%20Documents\/Public%20Health\/Student%20Engagement\/Health%20Management%20Society\/Student%20launch%20video\/Launch%20Video.mov?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=RbMEsg\">short film<\/a>&nbsp;produced by the students, documenting the society\u2019s journey from its earliest concept to its official launch&nbsp;(and if you want to see the one with bloopers included at the end, you can view it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uogcloud.sharepoint.com\/:v:\/r\/sites\/SchoolofHumanSciences-FE-FOR\/Shared%20Documents\/Public%20Health\/Student%20Engagement\/Health%20Management%20Society\/Student%20launch%20video\/Launch%20Video%20with%20bloopers.mov?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=1Uicgf\">here<\/a>!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Membership is open to students across the university, and updates on upcoming initiatives and events will be announced by the society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information, please contact&nbsp;Dr&nbsp;Itohan&nbsp;Osayande, Teaching Fellow in Public Health and co-lead of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gre.ac.uk\/research\/activity\/faculty-of-education-and-health\/global-maternal-and-newborn-health-hub\">Global Maternal and Newborn Hub lead<\/a>&nbsp;in the Centre for Children and Families (<a href=\"mailto:I.Osayande@greenwich.ac.uk\">I.Osayande@greenwich.ac.uk<\/a>) or Dr&nbsp;Amal&nbsp;Elamin, Programme Leader for the MSc in Global Health&nbsp;Management&nbsp;(<a href=\"mailto:amal.elamin@greenwich.ac.uk\">amal.elamin@greenwich.ac.uk<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students on the&nbsp;Global Health Management&nbsp;and&nbsp;Global Public Health&nbsp;programmes have launched a new Health Management Society with the support of&nbsp;Dr Amal Elamin&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dr&nbsp;Itohan&nbsp;Osayande. 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